Will Dom3 be sold at retail outlets?
 

I apologize if this has been mentioned before, but will Dom3 be sold at retail or web outlets besides Shrapnel's store? And if so where?

Thanks!

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No, they only distribute online, I believe.

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I assume the usual suspects for Linux games (for example ixsoft.de) will also sell Dom3. See http://www.ixsoft.de/cgi-bin/web_sto...LDO0300BX.html

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There's an error on this site. Kristoffer himself said that Dominions3 no longer supports Solaris.

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Tuxgames.com (linux game online-store) sells Dominions 1 and 2. and they are going to sell it Dominions 3 as well http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Tuxgames
They are located in UK, so things like extra taxes to us european can be avoided.

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Well I've already pre-ordered the game, just like many of my friends. I still know some people who plans to order the game after they've seen the demo. So can I say to them that they can order it from tuxgames? I mean, they will only have a linux version, or there isn't a separated Linux version of Doms 3. at all? I guess there will be only 1 master disk with Linux/Windows/Mac install files.
I just only want to tell them about the site, because they could get it much faster from the UK then from the US, if they decide that they would like to order it as well.

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All three installations are one CD. There was no separate printing for Linux or Mac only.

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Yeah, I've seen your reply in the other thread. Thanks for the info Annette once more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Yes, it'd be nice if it went to the stores, but no can do, unfortunately.

What I really want to know is what Shrapnel will eventually decide when it comes to SMS payment.

It'd allow so many more people to buy the game.

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I find it strange that other games from small developers (e.g. Sword of the stars, very nice game) hit the shelves and dominions 3 doesn't.

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I personally find retail game stores very frustrating, the shop assistants rarely know very much about anything. They are all turning into console game shops for kids and PC games are being relegated to a darker and darker corner of the shop. And buying over the internet is sooo easy and handy - Amazon is a huge success for a reason.

GM12

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Hm odd....the retail game store here, where I am buying games is excellent with cool assistants. The shop is "splitted up" between consoles/PC. So basically you won't meet with any people in the PC shop who plans to buy console games.

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Hmm, I wonder if I could ask one store where I worked to order the game for me there.

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I don't think you'll save any money in that way.

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Yeah, but I don't have a credit card and I can't get one either. For years.

So I will have to find some other way to get the game.

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Years? In plural? Strange.

DataClub in Finland used to sell both Dominions games, but I see that they now cost 5 and 10 € and that DomII is "out of print". I quess that means they want to get rid of them.

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You need a "regular job" to qualify for a credit card. With two years of school and the army left I have a lot of waiting to do untill I can get a credit card. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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strange law.
Here they'll throw crefit card in you back when you're 18.

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Not really strange, but it does annoy me a bit. I can see the reasoning and all...but...ugh, not being able to order stuff from web stores = http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

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I got a Visa Electron some time ago, and it's a credit card, but a whole lot more limited than most credit cards. Only allows online orders from those shops verified with "Verified by Visa", which is independent and doesn't come with the usual verification agencies' services. No Shrapnel store, no Amazon, not even most Finnish stores. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

In other words, I share your pain.

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Well, if you can do a bank transfer in the euro zone, I can order and pay DomIII for you, and send you my bank account data so you can pay me back the game.
PM me if interested.

Paul

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And even more so if you are US Military. Creditors love the military. Its so hard for you to skip out on a bill.

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Hehehe....nowhere to run http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Heh, I have VE but I don't even have the "order from Verified by Visa" feature allowed. In other words my VE is just a glorified bank card.

RoyalOak: I'll look into that if I haven't got Dom 3 ordered after my 18th birthday which happens to be on october 18th. Then I can finally take care of my own bank bussines.

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Heh. Here in the USA, they start sending pre-approved CC offers long before 18. They also send them to dead people. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

( Oh - no ATM cards in northern Europe that double as Visa? Very common here - acts like VISA, comes straight from bank account though. )

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ATM card?

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Automaattikortti. I'm not sure what ATM stands for, but a wild guess would be Automatic Teller Machine.

The Visa Electron people have talked about is the "acts like visa but straight from the bank account" card of choice around here, but with serious limitations. Useful when going abroad, real hinder when trying to buy something in Finland. I've got a combined visa/ATM card and it's a lot better deal, but you need to be either working or a student to get it. Army doesn't count, being paid a little over 3 euros a day is not something you could pay your debts with. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Um, and for your Finns, also I can act as your proxy in getting the game if you want so. With an added comfort of being able to operate within Finnish banking system and being able to easily travel to my place and beat me up in case I screw your orders. :p Send me an IM if you want.

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Thanks Atul. If the store which I'll check out in monday turns down my request I'll look into this.

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Aaahh I love happy endings http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Dunno about the rest of Europe, but they exist in the UK. My atm card used to just be a Switch debit card - I could use it to buy online (or in regular high street shops for that matter), but only if it was in UK pounds. The last time it expired however, the replacement they gave me was a Visa debit card, which I can use with any currency (and thus buy online with the same freedom as a credit card). Only downside is the lower protection (since it comes direct from my account rather than via a credit card company) and a £1.50 service charge when I buy in foreign currencies.

As I say, dunno about the rest of europe, but for those having difficulty accessing the means to buy online it might be worth looking into.
(edit: can't rememember if I was employed or not when they gave me it, but there wasn't any application or screening process that I was aware of)

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Hm, my plan failed. Turning to atul's help now. =/

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Switch has always been able to be used for different currencies. The problem is banks tend to be more expensive when using it like that - they'll charge you a fee to convert the funds, use their own (worse) exchange rate and round up to the nearest pound to boot. It wasn't bad with the Doms 3 pre-order (though it was a Maestro by then), but I remember buying something for $20 (about £15 at the time) around 6 years ago with Switch, and finding that the cost including the bank's fees was somewhere in the region of £25.

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Hrm, I wasn't able to when mine was still Switch. Maybe it was my specific type of account or something, but I always had to borrow a family member's credit card if I wanted to pay for anything in $ etc.

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What da Flying Fu-- I mean, Flying Dragon?

...Weird Finns...

Depends on the shop. Outland back here (fantasy games store) has employes who seem to know a lot about everything.

I asked a store to order Dom2 for me, and they said it was not possible, sadly.

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"Flying Dagon" gives a better...impact. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Yeah, the store guys said that same to me too. Good thing I have atul.

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Now the only problem (there's always one) is Nerfix's ability to remember where he lives. :p Oh well, in the worst case scenario, he just has to go and ask for his brown-wrapped packet from some unknown neighbour...

Hm, trafficing alcohol or tobacco to minors is a crime. I wonder what the law says about pixelated boobies... Oh my.

In defence of the Finnish credit card system, it's only "steady income" (student allowance is enough) and it's there to keep the nonworking out of credit debt also. Guess we got burned badly enough in the early 90s when people realized they actually had signed papers saying "I back the loan of person X as well as all the loans (s)he takes from this bank from this day on" without actually reading the fine print. The bank cards we have serve everything you'd use credit card for, except for the purchases abroad.